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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

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Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Do like the BBC and spin up your own mastodon instance, Guardian.

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      I wish more companies and government organisations did this.

      Gives them full control, gives everyone ability to subscribe. Win-Win.

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        I really wish fire departments would do this.

        I’m not giving Fascist Musk and Zuckernazi more power by creating an account to view whether my house is going to burn down from the growing wave of wildfires.

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      looks dead to me. last post was in july. I agree with the sentiment however.

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      And then they, too, can be defederated by salty Mastodon admins. At least I saw a lot of instances talk of defederating BBC when I still was trying to enjoy Mastodon.

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        Did they say why?

        • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
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          I forget the exact reasons but I believe it was due to a perceived bias. I don’t read BBC so can’t comment but they described it similarly to how a liberal would describe Fox News.

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      3 whole active users…

      • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
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        All official BBC accounts, yes. It has locked signups.

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    Overdue - more national media needs to take this step.

    The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.

    It’s not like they weren’t warned though.

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    Does not using Twitter actually require an explanation?

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    Perhaps they’ll start using the fediverse…

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      I’ve had some first hand experience of the Guardians IT systems and they can barely find their arse with both hands

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    If twitter users think it’s barely tolerable now, they should imagine how bad it’ll get once Trump actually takes office. They need to switch TODAY.

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    Only took them the regime change of a major Western country to notice that their favourite corporate platform might be just a tad compromised.

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